UP IN SMOKE: Ohio firefighters rushed to an arson fire at Warren Steel -- the second in as many years -- owned by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, who is the active target of a US money laundering probe. Company files in a building were dumped out and lit ablaze, said on-site worker. The factory was shuttered by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and his partners in 2016, leaving 162 workers out of jobs and without medical coverage.
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BREACH: Congress is now asking questions about the 33-year-old Russian-speaking woman who posed as a banking heiress -- Anna de Rothschild -- to get into Mar-a-Lago: "Porous or even non-existent security," said Senate Intel Chairman Mark Warner.
post-gazette.com/news/nation/20… The move by Senate Intelligence to get details about the repeat visits to Mar-a-Lago by the 'fake heiress' follows a joint investigation two weeks ago by @PittsburghPG and @OCCRP
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EXCLUSIVE: A 33-year-old Russian-speaking immigrant posing as Anna de Rothschild -- a member of the European banking dynasty -- infiltrated Mar-a-Lago and Trump's entourage. Said one guest: "How did they allow it?"
@PittsburghPG and @OCCRP newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/anna-de-rothsc… A pivotal moment for the woman who was fluent in several languages took place last year when she was invited to Mar-a-Lago, where she mingled with former President Donald Trump’s supporters and showed up the next day for an outing with Mr. Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham, et. al.

EXCLUSIVE: Newly unsealed court records show Ukraine oligarch moved billions -- not millions -- through US banks as he and his partners amassed a US real estate empire. Deutsche Bank was the big one. w/@TanyaKozyreva and @Ashley__Murray post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou… via @PittsburghPG US prosecutors said "millions of dollars" were moved by Ihor Kolomoisky and others through companies in the United States as they acquired 13 steel mills and five skyscrapers along with two office parks and a cell phone factory. Unsealed documents now show it was $4.45 billion.

TRAGIC: A roof collapsed on workers removing asbestos at an Ohio steel factory owned by oligarch Igor Kolomoisky just months after a fire swept through the facility. The oligarch used the factory in a massive laundering scheme and then closed it in 2016, feds say. The workers were able to escape yesterday (Feb. 2), but one man lost part of a finger, says @21WFMJ
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OLIGARCH'S SECRET TROPHY: How Ihor Kolomoisky and his partners secretly dominated the real estate of a major American city with hundreds of millions in stolen money -- and no trace of ownership. #moneylaundering
post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou… Kolomoisky’s venture into Cleveland, under a web of offshore companies, remains one of the most troubling examples of what’s gone wrong with financial transparency laws and how an oligarch dominated the real estate of a major American city without ever disclosing his ownership.

ARSON PROBE: Minutes before a suspicious fire at an Ohio steel factory owned by Ukraine oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky -- suspect in massive U.S. money laundering scheme -- an SUV was seen leaving scene. OH fire marshal's office, which suspects arson, is scoping videos. No arrests yet. Prosecutors say Warren Steel was used by oligarch Kolomoisky in laundering scheme that stretched from Ukraine to Texas: nearly two dozen prime properties.